MILWAUKEE— Three Milwaukee Common Council members are publicly opposing Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s preferred vision for the future of I-794, arguing the elevated freeway should be replaced with a street-level boulevard instead.
In a joint statement released Monday, Alderman Alex Brower, Alderman Bob Bauman and Alderman Sharlen Moore said they support removing the stretch of I-794 between the Marquette and Lake interchanges rather than rebuilding the elevated freeway.
The statement comes less than a week after Mayor Johnson said he supports WisDOT’s proposal to reconstruct and modernize the freeway instead of tearing it down…